Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov was a man with a social conscience. Sakharov had an inner moral fiber that led him to question his creations. His morality made him one of the most responsible scientists of his time. He managed to look beyond the walls of his laboratory. This vision enabled him to become the Father of the Soviet Hydrogen Bomb as well as the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace. He used his knowledge to create, educate, and lead. Sakharov became an engineer in a military plant at the age of 17. He was anxious to help his country, Russia, to win the war against Germany. It was there that he invented a device to test the cores of bullets.